Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s composer and musicologist Peter Schickele and discoverer of P. D. Q. Bach, “the oddest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 20-odd children.” I’ve been a fan of Professor Schickele and of P. D. Q. Bach ever since high school. and I was greatly saddened last month upon his death, even though his primary focus was not music of the 1920s and ’30s, the first segment is dedicated to him and has a connection to a piece from 1925. If you are unfamiliar with Peter Schickele and/or P/ D/ Q/ Bach, I encourage you to visit the website, www.schickele.com and check out the many youtube videos of their music. In other segments, we’ll make hay, celebrate Fritz Kreisler’s birthday and have another episode of “One Thing In Common.” There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Peter Schickele

Ney Nonny Nonnio from P.D.Q. Bach’s Schleptet in E-flat Major – I Virtuosi di Hoople
The New Charleston – Jazz Miami Dance Orchestra
P. D. Q. Blues – Clarence Williams’ Washboard Band / Clarence Lee, v.

Segment 2: Hey!

Hey! Hey! And Hee! Hee! (I’m Charleston Crazy) – International Novelty Orchestra / Vernon Dalhart & Ed Smalle, v.
Hey! Babe! Hey! – Ted Weems AHO / Red Ingle, Elmo Tanner & Parker Gibbs, v.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Your Cares Away) – Tempo King and His Kings of Tempo

Segment 3: Hay!

Needle In A Haystack – Leo Reisman AHO / Lew Conrad, v.
The Old Hayloft Waltz – The Farmhands
On The Old Hay Ride In The Morning – Eddie Younger and His Mountaineers (Arthur Fields and Fred Hall)

Segment 4: One Things In Common

From Alpha To Omega – Joseph Rines St. Regis Hotel Orchestra / Joseph Rines, v.
Rio Bravo – Tovar’s Mexican Players
Charlie’s Idea – Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders

Segment 5: Fritz Kreisler

Tambourin Chinois – Fritz Kreisler, Violin; Carl Lamson, Piano
Du Alter Stefansturm – F. E. Burgstaller, Zither
Liebesfreud – Quintette of the Hot Club of France

Segment 6: Bonus Track

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